Tour de Suisse, stage 5 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 5 : Jun 12, Buochs - Leuggern, 176.4 km

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 4.08.29
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
5 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
6 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge


Changes in GC, stage 5 compared to stage 4 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Matthew Harley Goss
+21 Davide Cimolai
+21 David Millar
+17 Stuart O'Grady
+17 Simone Ponzi
+16 Bernhard Eisel
+15 Tom Leezer
+15 Jacopo Guarnieri
+15 Anthony Delaplace
+14 Mathew Hayman

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Paolo Longo Borghini
-36 Serge Pauwels
-36 Tomasz Marczynski
-35 Thomas Peterson
-33 Ricardo Mestre
-32 Edward King
-32 Sebastien Minard
-31 Stijn Devolder
-27 Simone Stortoni
-22 Jens Debusschere
-21 Christophe Riblon

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-11:28 Jens Debusschere
-11:28 Jonas Ahlstrand
-11:28 Kenny Dehaes
-11:28 Olivier Kaisen
-10:06 Alex Rasmussen
-10:06 Edward King
-10:06 Mark Renshaw
-10:06 Paolo Longo Borghini
-10:06 Sam Bewley
-10:06 Thomas Peterson
-10:06 Tomasz Marczynski

Favourites by position :
+10 Andy Schleck
+2 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Wilco Kelderman
+1 Tejay van Garderen
+1 Simon Spilak
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Maxime Monfort
+1 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Daniel Martin
+1 Bauke Mollema
-2 Michael Albasini

Favourites by time :
-0:30 Michele Scarponi
-1:27 Michael Albasini

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathias Frank 15:56:30 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:35 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:57 (was 5th at 0:57)
5 Bauke Mollema 1:08 (was 6th at 1:08)
6 Daniel Martin 1:23 (was 7th at 1:23)
7 Tanel Kangert 1:26 (was 8th at 1:26)
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:28 (was 9th at 1:28)
9 Tejay van Garderen 1:39 (was 10th at 1:39)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:42 (was 11th at 1:42)
11 Simon Spilak 1:50 (was 12th at 1:50)
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13 Janez Brajkovic 2:24 (was 14th at 2:24)
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20 Maxime Monfort 3:00 (was 21st at 3:00)
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22 Wilco Kelderman 4:45 (was 23rd at 4:45)
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33 Michele Scarponi 7:54 (was 34th at 7:24)
34 Michael Albasini 7:59 (was 32nd at 6:32)
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54 Steven Kruijswijk 14:21 (was 56th at 14:21)
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67 Andy Schleck 21:14 (was 77th at 21:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 44 (was 2nd with 24 points)
2 Arnaud Demare 41 (was 1st with 25 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 36 (was 16th with 11 points)
4 Heinrich Haussler 31 (was 5th with 20 points)
5 Matthew Harley Goss 30 (was 6th with 20 points)
6 Bauke Mollema 23 (was 3rd with 23 points)
7 Mathias Frank 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
8 Roman Kreuziger 16 (was 7th with 16 points)
9 Davide Cimolai 16 (was 22nd with 7 points)
10 Tyler Farrar 16 (was 8th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Robert Vrecer 19 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 12 (unchanged)
3 Serge Pauwels 12 (was 0 points)
4 Jens Voigt 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
5 Olivier Kaisen 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
6 Mathias Frank 8 (was 5th with 8 points)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 8 (was 6th with 8 points)
8 Thibaut Pinot 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
9 Peter Sagan 6 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Sebastien Minard 6 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 5 <<<
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5 <<<
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 6


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